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careful inoculations, the attentive manner in which the post¬ 
mortems have been made, the description of the new microbe to 
which the disease is attributed, all in fact, are minutely described 
in the Report; and the handsome plates that illustrate it assist 
considerably in the study of the whole subject. The conclusions 
of the Report are very important, and give in a few words mate¬ 
rial for careful consideration. They say : 
“ The preceding investigations definitely settle certain contro¬ 
verted points concerning the etiology of swine plague, which may 
be briefly summarized: 
“ 1st. Swine plague is caused by a specific microbe multiplying 
in the body of the diseased animal. The microbe probably be¬ 
longs to the genus bacterium, and has the power of spontaneous 
movement. It is easily cultivated in nutritive liquids, but grows 
less readily on gelatine, which it does not liquefy. 
“ 2d. When introduced beneath the skin, this bacterium is fatal 
to pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, and a certain percentage of pig¬ 
eons. It is also fatal to pigs when introduced with the food, or 
when they feed on the internal organs of swine which have 
died of the disease. 
“ 3d. The disease described in France as rouget , in Germany 
as rothlauf , and for which Pasteur has prepared a vaccine, is 
caused by an entirely different microbe. The vaccine for this dis¬ 
ease does not protect against swine plague. 
“4th. The introduction of Pasteur’s vaccine is not only use¬ 
less, but may contribute to the introduction and spread of a dis¬ 
ease, the existence of which in this country has not yet been 
demonstrated.” 
Thirteenth Annual Report of the New Jersey Board of Agriculture. 
Through the kindness of Dr. W. Herbert Lowe we have 
received this little volume, which amongst the interesting subjects 
it contains, gives a good account of the work done by the various 
veterinary inspectors of the State. Pleuro-pneumonia, hog 
cholera, tuberculosis, rabies, glanders, have prevailed more or less 
in the little State, and have carried away quite a large number of 
animals. 
